super

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See also: souper, Super, súper, süper, super-, and supèr-

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin super (“above”), from Pre-Italic or Proto-Indo-European *eks-uper, from *eḱs (“out of”) (English ex-), from *h₁eǵʰs + *uperi (English over). Cognate to hyper, from Ancient Greek.

Adjective[edit]

super (not comparable)

  1. Of excellent quality, superfine.
  2. better than average, better than usual; wonderful.
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Translations[edit]

Adverb[edit]

super (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).
    The party was super awesome.

Etymology 2[edit]

Short for superintendent.

Noun[edit]

super (plural supers)

  1. (informal, US) Abbreviation of superintendent in the sense of a building's resident manager, sometimes clarified as "building super".

Etymology 3[edit]

Short for superannuation.

Noun[edit]

super (usually uncountable, plural supers)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) Short form of superannuation, the Australian/New Zealand retirement benefits or pension scheme.
    Jane looked forward to collecting a large super payout when she retired.

Etymology 4[edit]

Short for superhive.

Noun[edit]

super (plural supers)

  1. (beekeeping) An empty box placed above the existing boxes of the beehive in order to allow the colony to expand or store additional honey.
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Verb[edit]

super (third-person singular simple present supers, present participle supering, simple past and past participle supered)

  1. (beekeeping) To add or to place a super atop the existing boxes of the beehive.
    • 1917 Dadant, C. P., First Lessons in Beekeeping; revised & rewritten edition, 1968, by M. G. Dadant and J. C. Dadant, p 73:
      The question is: when is the best time to super?

Etymology 5[edit]

Short for superhero.

Noun[edit]

super (plural supers)

  1. (comics, slang) superhero.

Etymology 6[edit]

Short for supernumerary.

Noun[edit]

super (plural supers)

  1. (theater) Someone outside the normal company, but appearing on stage with no lines to speak.
    • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, in The Affair at the Novelty Theatre‎[1]:
      For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.

Etymology 7[edit]

Noun[edit]

super (plural supers)

  1. A supercomputer.
    • 1989, Kai Hwang, ‎Doug DeGroot, Parallel processing for supercomputers and artificial intelligence
      The performances and cost ranges of three classes of commercial supercomputers are given in Table 2.1. The full-scale supers are the most expensive class, represented by Cray, ETA, and Fujitsu systems, for example.

Etymology 8[edit]

Short for supernatural.

Noun[edit]

super (plural supers)

  1. A person who has supernatural beliefs, distinguished from a bright.

Etymology 9[edit]

  1. Idiom from sarcastic declension. Something not "super" (good), and therefore of ironic reference.

Anagrams[edit]

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English super, French super, from Latin super.

Adjective[edit]

super (indeclinable)

  1. (informal) super, great
    Můj brácha si koupil super auto, to musíš vidět!
    Ten výlet byl prostě super!

Usage notes[edit]

This word is slightly more formal than supr, yet still informal.

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Interjection[edit]

super

  1. (informal) super

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Further reading[edit]

  • super in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English super.

Adverb[edit]

super

  1. (informal) very

Synonyms[edit]

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin super.

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

super

  1. above

Antonyms[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin super. Doublet of the inherited sur. See also hyper, borrowed from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

super (invariable)

  1. superb, great

Adverb[edit]

super

  1. (informal) extremely, very (as an intensifier)
    Il est super beau
    he's very handsome
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Interjection[edit]

super

  1. great, fantastic

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Etymology 2[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

super

  1. (regional) to suck, to sip
Conjugation[edit]
  Conjugation of super (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive super avoir supé
gerund en supant en ayant supé
present participle supant
/sy.pɑ̃/
past participle supé
/sy.pe/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses 		present supe
/syp/ 		supes
/syp/ 		supe
/syp/ 		supons
/sy.pɔ̃/ 		supez
/sy.pe/ 		supent
/syp/
imperfect supais
/sy.pɛ/ 		supais
/sy.pɛ/ 		supait
/sy.pɛ/ 		supions
/sy.pjɔ̃/ 		supiez
/sy.pje/ 		supaient
/sy.pɛ/
past historic1 supai
/sy.pe/ 		supas
/sy.pa/ 		supa
/sy.pa/ 		supâmes
/sy.pam/ 		supâtes
/sy.pat/ 		supèrent
/sy.pɛʁ/
future superai
/sy.pʁe/ 		superas
/sy.pʁa/ 		supera
/sy.pʁa/ 		superons
/sy.pʁɔ̃/ 		superez
/sy.pʁe/ 		superont
/sy.pʁɔ̃/
conditional superais
/sy.pʁɛ/ 		superais
/sy.pʁɛ/ 		superait
/sy.pʁɛ/ 		superions
/sy.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		superiez
/sy.pə.ʁje/ 		superaient
/sy.pʁɛ/
compound
tenses 		present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses 		present supe
/syp/ 		supes
/syp/ 		supe
/syp/ 		supions
/sy.pjɔ̃/ 		supiez
/sy.pje/ 		supent
/syp/
imperfect1 supasse
/sy.pas/ 		supasses
/sy.pas/ 		supât
/sy.pa/ 		supassions
/sy.pa.sjɔ̃/ 		supassiez
/sy.pa.sje/ 		supassent
/sy.pas/
compound
tenses 		past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— supe
/syp/ 		— supons
/sy.pɔ̃/ 		supez
/sy.pe/ 		—
1literary tenses

Anagrams[edit]

Further reading[edit]

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English super.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

super (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) super, great, awesome

Declension[edit]

Declension of super
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist super sie ist super es ist super sie sind super
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative superer supere superes supere
genitive superen superer superen superer
dative superem superer superem superen
accusative superen supere superes supere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der supere die supere das supere die superen
genitive des superen der superen des superen der superen
dative dem superen der superen dem superen den superen
accusative den superen die supere das supere die superen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein superer eine supere ein superes (keine) superen
genitive eines superen einer superen eines superen (keiner) superen
dative einem superen einer superen einem superen (keinen) superen
accusative einen superen eine supere ein superes (keine) superen

Synonyms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Interlingua[edit]

Preposition[edit]

super

  1. about (focused on a given topic)

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin super. Cf. sopra.

Adjective[edit]

super (invariable)

  1. super

Noun[edit]

super m (invariable)

  1. The best
  2. superphosphate

super f (invariable)

  1. The best grade of petrol

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

FWOTD – 16 August 2013

Etymology[edit]

From *eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out of”) (Latin ex) and *uperi (“above”), from *upo. The latter is cognate to Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) and Proto-Germanic *uber (English over).

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

super (+ accusative or ablative)

  1. accusative [of place] above, on the top of, upon
    Cibus super mensam est.
    The food is on the table.
  2. accusative [of place] above, beyond
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.1.2
      terra autem erat inanis et vacua et tenebrae super faciem abyssi et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas
      And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.
  3. accusative [of measure] above, beyond, over, in addition to

Usage notes[edit]

  • With the ablative super means 'concerning'.
  • Used in many compound words, see super-.

Quotations[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from super

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English super.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

super (indeclinable, comparative bardziej super, superlative najbardziej super)

  1. (colloquial) great, excellent

Adverb[edit]

super (comparative bardziej super, superlative najbardziej super)

  1. (colloquial) excellently

See also[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin super; cf. also English super. Doublet of the inherited sobre.

Adverb[edit]

super (not comparable)

  1. (intensifier) very, excessively, exceedingly
    super legal - very nice

Adjective[edit]

super (invariable, comparable)

  1. super

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin super; cf. also English super. Doublet of the inherited sobre.

Adjective[edit]

super (invariable)

  1. (intensifier) very, mega

Swedish[edit]

Verb[edit]

super

  1. present tense of supa.
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